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HR Director

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£80 - £100k
Closing date
15 Mar 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Human Resources

Job Details

Introduction:

Are you interested in being part of a fantastic FMCG organisation?

Fast growing and at the forefront of its category, my client has expanded an innovative product range since being founded in 18th century.

If you have at least 10 years’ experience as a Head of HR/Hr Director within an FMCG business and you have an appetite for leading a HR team and function within a truly incredible, rapidly expanding business, please read on!

The Company:

The business is a well-known FMCG player who have ambitious growth plans. 

This business operates at pace, to extremely high standards and offer a significant amount of personal development opportunities. The offering they present is truly fantastic and in conjunction with the business culture, makes for a superb opportunity!

They are currently at a pivotal moment in the company, with a hugely exciting future ahead.

They have a great informal working environment but a real desire to deliver.

Primary responsibilities:

  • Role will be reporting directly to the CEO
  • Setting the HR strategy for the business
  • Working within a defined budget have full responsibility over the entire end to end recruitment process
  • Partnering with dept. heads with regards to talent requirements, advertising the roles, sourcing candidates & managing interview process.
  • Lead on all HR activities in the including Employee Relations, Learning & Development, Rewards & Recognition, Wellbeing and Social Events
  • Become a trusted advisor to dept. heads when recruiting
  • Management of HR team 
  • Track and report on resourcing metrics and KPI’s
  • Keep business up to date with key market developments with industry and competitor news which may affect candidate pipelines

The candidate will have:

  • At least 5 years of Head of HR/HR Director experience
  • Ideally be from an FMCG background
  • CIPD Qualified
  • Extensive Employee Relations experience and knowledge of UK Employment Law
  • HRIS Implementation Experience
  • Support in raising the calibre and capability of line managers and departmental teams, ensuring development needs are addressed through training and development programmes, ongoing coaching and/or specific development activities
  • Develop, implement and review Company HR strategy, plans and projects
  • Effective relationship management at middle/senior management level, with strong influencing and coaching abilities
  • Able to develop, implement and manage relevant projects to completion
  • You get things done.

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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